The former Head of Risk and Compliance at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), Paul Magula, testified before the PIC’s Commission of Inquiry on how millions of Rands have been spent on a few select members of the corporation. Dan Matjila, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, once again stands in the trough of..Continue reading…

The Independent Elections Commission (IEC) will investigate alleged funding by Bosasa from ANC elections. Allegations are made that Bosasa has donated more than R6m to the ANC over the past three elections. The ANC Treasurer General confirmed last month that the party received “donations” from Bosasa “directly or in kind”. Observers say the possibility is..Continue reading…

The cost of State Capture hovers at around R1.5-trillion over the second term of the Jacob Zuma administration. That’s just short of the R1.8-trillion Budget for 2019. Put differently: State Capture has wiped out a third of South Africa’s R4.9-trillion gross domestic product, or effectively annihilated four months of all labour and productivity of all..Continue reading…

Vote ANC: We have increased the crime rate, poverty, unemployment and corruption Welcomed the Guptas, gave them citizenship, and allowed state capture We allowed the Marikana, Esidimeni and VBS bank scandals to occur Our cadres assisted in messing up our schools, health and municipal services, the SABC, Eskom, Prasa, SAA, Armscor, Transnet and other SOE’s…Continue reading…

The ANC’s “policy” to make the country ungovernable is producing vigorous fruit. The Abuqulusi municipality (Vryheid) owes Eskom just short of R50 million. Widespread corruption and mismanagement caused the council to be placed under administration. Suddenly, the Natal Department of Co-operative Awakened Government and Traditional Affairs and stated that they were “stunned” about the state..Continue reading…

Khomotso Phahlane, the former acting police commissioner, appeared in the specialized trade crime court in Johannesburg. He and police chief of supply management, Ravichandran Pillay, were arrested on fraud charges. They therefore stand with former Gauteng police commissioner Deliwede Lange and officials Vimpie Phineas Manthata, Ramahlapi Johannes Mokwena, James Ramanjalum and Nombhuruza Napo on charges..Continue reading…

The Minister of Education and Authorities was asked to investigate allegations of fraud, death threats, corruption and nepotism at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT). VUT is currently one of the largest technical training universities in the country with 20,000 students. Allegations of conflict between high-ranking officials have long been made in press reports. According..Continue reading…

For 4 years as second in command to Jacob Zuma as deputy-president he never saw any corruption, he never heard of any corruption, and he never spoke against corruption? Who is he trying to fool? The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) on Monday published a scathing open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, criticising him for being..Continue reading…

Shortly after evidence were giving during the Bosasa debacle, the Hawks struck and arrested five people including Agrizzi and Van Tonder who acts as witnesses for Watson’s large-scale fraud and bribery actions. The question now arises why Watson, Dudu Myeni, Nomvula Mokonyane, Gwede Mantashe and the rest of the crooks were not arrested? It is..Continue reading…

President Cyril Ramaphosa, in a statement to the Public Protector, says he “did not deliberately mislead Parliament” regarding the R500 000 Bosasa contribution to his 2017 ANC presidential campaign. The statement follows Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane confirming on January 25 that she would investigate whether Ramaphosa had lied about a campaign donation received from controversial..Continue reading…

The ANC has taken aim at foreign “imperialist forces” in a strongly worded statement which condemns the US, Germany, UK, Netherlands and Switzerland for expressing concern over corruption in South Africa. The statement, released on Monday, comes in response to reports by the Sunday Times that President Cyril Ramaphosa was warned by the five world..Continue reading…

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reference to the nine lost years under Zuma’s management is for many an ironic statement. During that time, Ramphosa was second in command of the country’s decision making and execution. Questions have now come up as to how he explains his share in the lost years during which corruption and crimes..Continue reading…

The already bankrupt SABC was fined R31,8m by the Competition Tribunal while Primedia was fined R9,6m and Ster-Kinekor with R436,999 for price and trade fixing. The SABC should also provide free advertising time for the smaller qualifying agencies worth R40 million a year for the next three years. A further R17 million will be paid..Continue reading…

In this video by ‘Loving Life’ we see that the parallel paths of South Africa and Zimbabwe are very similar. The only winners in this scenario are the politicians. The video looks at how Mugabe took over a very economically sound country in 1980 and brought it to its knees. The similarities of corruption, expropriation..Continue reading…

The Secretary of the Commission investigating State capture, dr. Khotso De Wee had to go on “leave” after it was revealed that he also received Bosasa bribes. The accusation was made on Friday, the third day of Angelo Agrizzi’s testimony before the Commission. In addition to the accusation against the secretary, it is also another..Continue reading…